First and foremost, thank you to NetGalley and Fodence City Press for the opportunity to review this eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Review:
It is abundantly clear throughout this story that the author, Quinn Lawrence, is a DnD'r. The whole book read as a DnD campaign reimagined into a novel. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. Cinnamon Soul was fun, charming, and engaging with plenty of humor to keep it going. The story was a mix of high fantasy with smatterings of more modern ideas such as newspapers, elevators, and my personal favorite: the Copyit, a magic machine that copies whatever image is fed into it by its operator. On the opposite end of the spectrum there is plenty mentions of magic and magic items in a world where it seems magic is dying out.

I absolutely adored the two main characters, Hokuren and Cinna. Hokuren, a former member of the City Watch (police) has no desire to return to her old life, but as a relatively new private investigator, needs a break from cases that involve finding missing cats along with her underpaid Elven assistant, Cinna.

Every character in this was well rounded and fun, though regrettably, the character I absolutely fell in love with only appeared for a couple split up chapters.

But I do feel I need to mention the cover. While the cover art is sweet, the style is charming, and the artist is clearly incredibly talented, it definitely gives off younger vibes than what this book is slated for. When I first saw the cover, my initial reaction was something closer to middle grade, but the book is listed as General Fiction (Adult) and New Adult.

Still, this was an incredibly fun read that I devoured in just over a day and I'll certainly be on the lookout for anymore work including Hokuren and Cinna.

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Cinnamon Soul by Quinn Lawrence is such a good book. I totally recommend everyone to read this book as fast as they can because it's really good and the characters are fantastic.